| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | romance film, fantasy film | United Kingdom |
| Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Jonathan Butterell | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Disobedience | Sebastián Lelio | romance film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| American Honey | Andrea Arnold | coming-of-age film, drama film, comedy film, road movie | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Look of Love | Michael Winterbottom | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Hyde Park on Hudson | Roger Michell | biographical film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Sightseers | Ben Wheatley | horror film, comedy horror, thriller film, black comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| On the Road | Walter Salles, Sam Riley | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, adventure film, road movie | France, United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, United States, Mexico |
| The Iron Lady | Phyllida Lloyd | drama film, biographical film | France, United Kingdom |
| The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | suspense film, crime drama film, drama film, fantasy film, melodrama, crime thriller film, horror film, thriller film, ghost film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States, New Zealand |
| This Is England | Shane Meadows | coming-of-age film, drama film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Charlotte Gray | Gillian Armstrong | romance film, drama film, war film | United Kingdom, Germany, Australia |
| Velvet Goldmine | Todd Haynes | drama film, LGBTQ-related film, musical film | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Full Monty | Peter Cattaneo | comedy film, LGBTQ-related film, comedy drama | United Kingdom, United States |
| Carla's Song | Ken Loach | romance film, drama film, war film, political drama | United Kingdom, Germany, Spain |
| The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | transgender film, romance film, psychological thriller film, political thriller film, drama film, LGBTQ-related film, crime film | United Kingdom, Japan, Ireland |
| The Festival | Iain Morris | comedy film | United Kingdom |
| The Stone Roses: Made of Stone | Shane Meadows | documentary film | United Kingdom |
| Trance | Danny Boyle | mystery film, drama film, neo-noir, heist film, crime film | United Kingdom |
| Seven Psychopaths | Martin McDonagh | mystery film, drama film, comedy film, crime film | United Kingdom, United States |
| Four Lions | Chris Morris | satirical film, black comedy film | United Kingdom |
| The Scouting Book for Boys | Tom Harper | independent film | United Kingdom |
| Unmade Beds | Alexis Dos Santos | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Hush | Mark Tonderai | horror film, thriller film | United Kingdom |
| And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Anand Tucker | drama film, biographical film | United Kingdom |
| One for the Road | Paul Trijbits | comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Acid House | Paul McGuigan | fantasy film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| Dancing at Lughnasa | Pat O'Connor | drama film | United Kingdom, Ireland, United States |
| Brassed Off | Mark Herman | drama film, comedy drama | United Kingdom |
| The Bridge | Syd Macartney | romance film, drama film | United Kingdom |
| Pascali's Island | James Dearden | drama film | United Kingdom |